SHARP Literacy, Inc., a Milwaukee nonprofit that uses interaction and the visual arts to help children learn and love to read, will expand its programming through a collection of new community partnerships.

Local businesswoman Nanette Gardetto announced she will donate $1 million to the Aurora Health Care Foundation to pilot an innovative integrative medicine program that aims to help people better manage and prevent chronic health issues.

Gov. Scott Walker recently announced that the Milwaukee County Zoo was selected to participate in the Project SEARCH program during the 2015-16 academic year. Project SEARCH is a program that helps young adults with disabilities gain employment training and skills to enter the workforce by combining classroom instruction with total immersion in a large business.

Waukesha-based The Caring Place has welcomed four new members to its board of directors. They are Diane Dowling of Moreland OB-GYN Associates; Mike Hanley of Couri Insurance; Patrick Carroll of Cramer, Multhauf and Hammes Law firm; and Nadine Krueger, a retired educator from the Waukesha School District.

A donation of one hundred mattresses will make its way to Hebron House of Hospitality, Inc. today, thanks to the philanthropic spirit of Waukesha-based Steinhafels and the company’s partnership with Lexington, Ky.-based Tempur-Pedic.

The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Greater Milwaukee Chapter will explore how workplaces across all sectors are attracting young professionals at its 2015 membership kickoff on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

The Internet of Things will change the ways we live, work and play.
By 2020, there will be 50 billion “things” connected to the Internet. And according to Bell Pottinger Digital, businesses will spend more than $40 billion designing, implementing and operating this “Internet of Things” in 2015 alone.
The Internet of Things includes everything from high-tech consumer wearables such as the FitBit to home automation tools like the Nest thermostat. It encompasses monitoring tools for mining equipment and apps that help consumers monitor their appliances.
Several Milwaukee companies, from technology startups to manufacturing titans, have tied their products to the burgeoning Internet of Things and will play a role in the global advancement of the concept, which connects devices to make the things in our environment “smarter.”
Notifying a Chinese consumer of a fault in his water heater or alerting an American child that her mother is having a medical emergency are among the innovations made possible by Milwaukee companies using the Internet of Things.